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Luke 5:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. "
Luke 5:31
Verse in Context
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29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
33 They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”
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Luke 5:1
"Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret."
Luke 5:2
"He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets."
Luke 5:3
"He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat."
Luke 5:4
"When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”"
Luke 5:5
"Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”"
Luke 5:6
"When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking."
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